Dr Ian Player (2004): "The reintroduction of the white lions back to the wild
in their endemic range represents a critical landmark in conservation history."

Assisted on the scientific front by lion ecologist, Jason Turner, the Global White Lion Protection Trust initiated the world first, scientific reintroduction program to return the White Lions to their natural endemic range, after more than a decade of extinction in the wild.

Scientific Protocol
by Jason Turner

Jason Turner, lion ecologist heading-up the White Lion reintroduction cross-checking immobilizing drugs, together with Prof. Meltzer and his team during the radio-collaring of the lions

"We are committed to returning an integrated pride (white and tawny lions) to wild, free-roaming conditions in their endemic range, as was naturally the case before the white lions were removed from the Greater Timbavati region."

"The White Lion Reintroduction Protocol was developed in consultation with other experts in this field and follows scientifically-proven boma-bonding and reintroduction techniques."

"The objective is not to captive-breed white lions. As the white lions were artificially removed from the wild, this program aims to redress the balance in returning white lions to their natural habitat and supplementing the white lion gene in their endemic area."

"At every stage of the reintroduction, human intervention has been restricted so that the cubs are not human imprinted. The cubs developed their hunting techniques naturally in a free-roaming environment."